Martyna Majok

Born in Bytom, Poland. Her plays have been performed at theaters including LCT3, MTC, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Rattlestick, Women’s Project, Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Awards include The Greenfield Prize, The Lanford Wilson Prize, Lilly Award, Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, Helen Hayes Award, ANPF Women’s Invitational Prize, The Kennedy Center Jean Kennedy Smith Award, David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize, New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellowship, Global Age Project Prize, NNPN Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Prize and The Merage Foundation Fellowship for the American Dream. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama; Juilliard; BA, University of Chicago. 2015-2016 PoNY Fellow at the Lark Play Development Center and a 2018 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.